Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a)There is too much traffic between Ruiru and Thika due to the ongoing road construction and the increase in the number of the vehicles utilizing Thika Road. (b)The contractor has been instructed to speed up works and complete the section of the road to alleviate the problem. In the meantime, the diversion will be improved with better signage to ease traffic flow. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I am very familiar with this section. First of all, we need to appreciate that Thika Road is under construction. When a road is under construction, the deviations have been created where traffic has been diverted to avoid the sections that are in progress. Ordinarily, the whole road would have been closed, so that it is constructed and then people come back on board. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem with this particular section is that there are speed limits that have been imposed for people to move slowly and to follow the diversions as ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has sufficient capacity to sort out this problem. The first thing that the motorists using that road need to do---, and I want to encourage the hon. Member for Juja to encourage the motorists using that section to obey the traffic signs that have been erected on the road. Secondly, this section will be completed, anyway, by end of December, 2011. We have been in consultation with the Minister for Roads who puts up the infrastructure. The Minister for Transport regulates the use of the road. The use that is currently there is subject ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information I have is that the contractors have followed the safety and all the other regulations that were agreed upon between them and the Ministry at the tendering point. No issue has been raised in terms of non-observance, except by the Member for Mathira. I would also like to confirm--- view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the guidelines applicable to road construction in Kenya are well within the knowledge of the hon. Member who is a contractor himself. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is the term that the hon. Member used on the other contractors. I know that the hon. Member is associated with Kirinyaga Construction Company and he used the generic word “contractor” to basically mean every road construction company. So, I just used the same words in the same vein that he used. I would like to invite the hon. Member for Mathira to visit the road section at night. He will actually confirm - and I have personally used that road - that the signage is there. There are illuminating road signs that basically show ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my answer, I did mention that, in the meantime, the diversion will be improved with better signage to ease traffic flow. I did undertake that because we recognize that there are some issues of limitations on the current diversion. It is all tied to the availability of land. You can only divert so much traffic based on the land that is available. In the meantime, we are also asking people to bear with us in the existing situation, as the road is constructed. It is only where there are bridges that there seems to be a ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, as we are talking, we have already discussed with the Minister for Roads and his technical people are addressing that problem on the ground. I would like to assure the hon. Member that the problem as it is will be resolved. It is just a matter of time. We also recognize that the road is under construction and people need to bear with us in terms of observing the signs for ease of traffic management. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my understanding is - and I have used the road myself - that the traffic is actually flowing. It is flowing because there is a diversion from where the works are ongoing. The road has not been closed. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has said what I have been saying, but only in a different way. view